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@ARTICLE{WayneB.Jonas03042003,
  author = {Jonas, Wayne B. and Kaptchuk, Ted J. and Linde, Klaus},
  title = {{A Critical Overview of Homeopathy}},
  journal = {Ann Intern Med},
  year = {2003},
  volume = {138},
  pages = {393-399},
  number = {5},
  abstract = {Homeopathy is a 200-year-old therapeutic system that uses small doses
	of various substances to stimulate autoregulatory and self-healing
	processes. Homeopathy selects substances by matching a patient's
	symptoms with symptoms produced by these substances in healthy individuals.
	Medicines are prepared by serial dilution and shaking, which proponents
	claim imprints information into water. Although many conventional
	physicians find such notions implausible, homeopathy had a prominent
	place in 19th-century health care and has recently undergone a worldwide
	revival. In the United States, patients who seek homeopathic care
	are more affluent and younger and more often seek treatment for subjective
	symptoms than those who seek conventional care. Homeopathic remedies
	were allowed by the 1939 Pure Food and Drug Act and are available
	over the counter. Some data--both from randomized, controlled trials
	and laboratory research--show effects from homeopathic remedies that
	contradict the contemporary rational basis of medicine. Three independent
	systematic reviews of placebo-controlled trials on homeopathy reported
	that its effects seem to be more than placebo, and one review found
	its effects consistent with placebo. There is also evidence from
	randomized, controlled trials that homeopathy may be effective for
	the treatment of influenza, allergies, postoperative ileus, and childhood
	diarrhea. Evidence suggests that homeopathy is ineffective for migraine,
	delayed-onset muscle soreness, and influenza prevention. There is
	a lack of conclusive evidence on the effectiveness of homeopathy
	for most conditions. Homeopathy deserves an open-minded opportunity
	to demonstrate its value by using evidence-based principles, but
	it should not be substituted for proven therapies.},
  eprint = {http://www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/138/5/393.pdf},
  file = {A Critical Overview of Homeopathy.pdf:F\:\\Work\\Papers\\Medicine\\A
	Critical Overview of Homeopathy.pdf:PDF},
  owner = {Samir},
  timestamp = {2007.07.09},
  url = {http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/abstract/138/5/393}
}

